Barnaby Joyce’s ‘ill-informed’ comments on water slapped down

Jamieson Murphy
Updated August 30 2018 - 3:56pm, first published 3:30pm
I’m not bound by cabinet: Joyce defends environmental water idea
I’m not bound by cabinet: Joyce defends environmental water idea

The New England MP defended his called for environmental water from the Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be used to grow fodder for stock, saying if he had to choose between farmers and the “extreme ends of the environmental movement”, he’d pick farmers every time.

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Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

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Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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